List of publications in economics
This is a list of important publications in economics, organized by field.
Some reasons why a particular publication might be regarded as important:
- Topic creator – A publication that created a new topic
- Breakthrough – A publication that changed scientific knowledge significantly
- Introduction – A publication that is a good introduction or survey of a topic
- Influence – A publication which has significantly influenced the world
- Latest and greatest – The current most advanced result in a topic
Macroeconomics
The Wealth of Nations
- Adam Smith
- An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1776.
- Online version (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/3300)
Description: The book is usually considered to be the beginning of modern economics. It begins with a discussion of the Industrial Revolution. Later it critiques the mercantilism and a synthesis of the emerging economic thinking of his time. It is mostly known due to the idea of The Invisible Hand which is an often quoted phrase from the book. Its meaning is that people will unintentionally improve their community through pursuit of their own wants and needs. The Butcher, the Baker, and the Brewer provide goods and services to each other out of self-interest; the unplanned result of this division of labor is a better standard of living for all three.
Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence, Introduction
Das Kapital
- Karl Marx
- Das Kapital, 1867
- Capital, Volume I: The Process of Production of Capital (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/index.htm)
- Capital, Volume II: The Process of Circulation of Capital (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1885-c2/index.htm)
- Capital, Volume III: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1894-c3/index.htm)
- Annotations, Explanations and Clarifications to Capital (http://www.econ.utah.edu/ehrbar/akmc.htm).
Description: Das Kapital is a political-economic treatise by Karl Marx. The book is a critical analysis of capitalism and of the political economy practices during his time. Marx bases his work on that of the classical economists like Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and even Benjamin Franklin. However, he applies these authors' ideas critically and carefully, so his book is more a critical synthesis than it follows the lead of any one thinker.
Importance: Breakthrough, Influence
General Theory of Employment Interest and Money
- John Maynard Keynes
- General Theory of Employment Interest and Money, 1936
- Online version (http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/economics/keynes/general-theory/)
Description: The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money is generally considered to be the masterwork of the English economist John Maynard Keynes. To a great extent it created the terminology of modern macro-economics. It was published in February 1936. The book ushered in a revolution, referred to as the "Keynesian Revolution", in the way economists and men in public affairs thought about the economy, and especially how they thought about the feasibility and wisdom of public sector management of the aggregate level of demand in the economy.
Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence
Microeconomics
econometrics
behavioral economics
experimental economics
Finance
The pricing of options and corporate liabilities
- Fischer Black and Myron Scholes
- "The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities" Journal of Political Economy 81, 1973, 637-654.
Description: The development of the Black-Scholes model for options pricing.
Importance: Influence
political economy
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
- Adam Smith
- The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 1759.
- Online version (http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/smith/moral.html)
Description: The Theory of Moral Sentiments written by Adam Smith in 1759, is one of the most important works in the theory of capitalism. It provides the ethical, philosophical, psychological and methodological underpinnings to Smith's later works.
Importance: Topic creator, Influence
neuroeconomics
green economics
Consumer theory
Production theory
Industrial organization
Tirole: The theory of Industrial Organisation Shy: Industrial Organization Pepal: Industrial Organisation Churche/Ware: Industrial organisation - a strategic appraoch Sutton: Sunk costs and industry structure
Managerial economics
Labor economics
Development economics
Welfare economics
Transport economics
Health economics
See also
External links
- Some essays in economics (http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/essays.htm)
- Timeline of Important Publications in Economics (http://college.hmco.com/economics/landreth/econthought/4e/students/timeline/timeline01.html)